Girl Scouts and Technology Event

On Saturday November 14th, a few friends and I volunteered to help around 50 Girl Scouts earn badges for Movie Maker and Website Designer. This was a pretty amazing experience, as I was a Girl Scout myself. Also, being one of the only females in my major, it’s fantastic to see girls interested in things like web design and digital movie making.

The Event

We had around 45 girls in 6^th-8^th grade that were there to work on their Cadette badge, Digital Movie Maker.

There were 3 Senior girls in 9^th and 10^th grade working on their Web Designer badge.

What did we teach?

For the Cadette girls, we discussed story boarding and planning videos. These girls then worked in groups to plan out a video. They had time to use their iPads or cell phones to take pictures and videos. After lunch, they came back and began using Windows Movie Maker to put their videos together. Many of the girls had already used Windows Movie Maker before, but there were still several volunteers there to help.

For the Senior girls, we discussed the basics of blogging and creating a website. This involved choosing a topic, preferably related to Girl Scouts, and planning out a few posts. They went outside, using their cell phones to get pictures and videos for their blog posts. After lunch, each girl created a blog on blogger and created their posts. During this time, we also covered WordPress and basic html on W3Schools.

This day reinforced my belief that the Girl Scouts are working towards STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) by providing opportunity for girls to get experience in these fields. There were almost 50 girls from Western Pennsylvania that have now had more hands-on experience with computers and technology.

Perhaps, in a few years, the technology field will not be as male-dominated as it is today. 

Thanks for reading,

Amanda